Panagiotes of Smyrna

Panagiotes of Smyrna (died 1084) was the lord of Smyrna from 1080 until his death in 1084.

Biography
Panagiotes was the lord of the Motte & Bailey of Smyrna in southwestern Anatolia, and was an Orthodox Christian. Panagiotes was of Greek descent, and his small fief was considered rebellious by the Byzantine Empire. Prince John Comnenus led an army to suppress Panagiotes' rebellion in 1082. He laid siege to the castle for two years, building the necessary siege engines, before assaulting the city in 1084.

Death
Lord Panagiotes called for all of the outlying populace to retreat into the castle confines, and armed most of the men. He could call up 3,100 peasant militias to defend the castle, and shut the gates tight. The Byzantines breached the wooden stockade with battering rams and the infantry slaughtered his peasant militia. He was impaled by a spear from a Byzantine soldier and he was killed instantly, and shortly after his death, Smyrna fell to the Byzantines.